Information sources in patents
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Author: | |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Saur,
c2012.
|
| Edition: | 3rd completely rev. ed. |
| Series: | Guides to information sources
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10521684 |
Table of Contents:
- Principles of patenting
- The European patent system
- The United States patent system
- The Japanese patent system
- The Patent Co-operation Treaty
- National patent systems of the G7 countries
- The BRIC nations, Asia, and regional patent systems
- Patent guides and libraries
- National and international patent information sources
- The non-patent literature for the patent searcher
- Common search types (I) : alerting searches
- Common search types (II) : patentability and freedom-to-operate searches
- Common search types (III) : portfolio and legal proceedings searching
- Sources for legal status searching
- Commercial intelligence search and analysis
- Specialist techniques
- Future developments
- Annex A. USPTO classification (current at 2011.02)
- Annex B. Historical JPO classification
- Annex C. Classes of the IPC (edition dated 2011.01)
- Annex D. The theme groups of the Japanese f-term system
- Appendix 1. Glossary of patenting terms
- Appendix 2. Contact list for major database producers, hosts, and libraries
- Appendix 3. Index of abbreviations.